And his outspoken agent Dmitry Selyuk has told Sport 24 in his native Russia that his 35-year-old client will join Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham or Liverpool to bloody Guardiola’s nose.

Selyuk said: “Yaya has many offers from different countries, where they are ready to pay a lot of money, but we decided to dedicate the next season to Guardiola. And to prove and show the fans of Manchester City that Yaya has not finished with football.

“He is full of energy and wants to play this season in England.

“At a time when huge sums are being spent in England for the purchase of football players, I officially declare that Yaya is ready to move as a free agent to any English club of the top six with a salary of one-pound-a-week. But for certain successes to make a bonus system.

Pep Guardiola confirms Yaya Toure is to leave Manchester City in the summer transfer window